Norfolk Trip

I had been looking forward to this for some time now and my expectations were high.  A early morning start to pick up Ken and we headed east to the coast.  We arrived at Horsley around 8.30 hoping to see the Shrike but as usual it was not present when we arrived.  Now it was time to decide what to do?
1) Do we wait as it had been showing very well every other day
2) Leave and head north as we only have two days to visit everywhere we wanted

We both agreed it was best to leave and head north to the next stop as we were already short on time.  As we know now this was prob a big mistake :(

Our next two stops didn't produce any snow bunting which was the main objective.
The next stop was good old Salthouse and we were both sure we would see something.  Indeed we did but it there was only Turnstones around but we manged a few pics.  I opted for a different surrounding to the usual water shots.

Next stop was Titchwell even though we had no luck there the last time we visited earlier in the year.  Upon arrival we were told a Jack Snipe had been showing.  We opted to stop on the main beach trial to see if any bearded tits were around, lucky for me I set the camera up and had it ready + 2/3rds just incase something flew by.  Within a few mins. a bittern came out of the reeds and took flight.  A quick dash to the camera and took it off the tripod with Kens help I manged a few in flight shots.  I was very happy as these were actually the first shots of a bittern I have ever managed.

 We decided to head off towards the crowd where the Jack snipe had been showing.  It didn't take long before Ken spotted something but it was a common snipe but we managed a few pics at least.  I eventually spotted the Jack snipe but it was well covered and lying down and no shots were taken. 

After a few hours we headed towards the beach and got a few black tailed godwits on the way.

Upon arrival at the beach we could already see a few Sanderlings and Turnstones so we headed further down to the incoming tide.  The after sun was just perfect which allowed us to get a few nice shots.

 Once the sun went down we watched the Marsh Harriers coming in to roost which was nice but too dark to take any pics.  I will keep the next 24 hours brief :(

Arrived at the B&B and it was great

Had good food with a pint
Watched a live band set up and decided we should at least hear them so had a few more beers
Listened to the band with a few more beers
Went to sleep
Woke up to rain :(
Had a nice full breakfast
Still raining :(
Took a few shots of bucks at the deer park
Still raining :(
Made the long 4 1/2 hr drive home